I’ve been teetering on the edge of being sick since the weekend, so I think I’m not going to do much in the way of activities this week. Although I’m starting to feel a little better. It didn’t stop last week from being fairly good though, especially the long run on Sunday which I think […]

As part of my initiation into American culture a few year’s ago I had to learn what Whitey Tighties were. However I was still shocked tonight at bridge. It was hot and we were stripping off (not unlike strip poker – well, ok, completely different from strip poker) and I made a passing remark about […]

28th Mar 06: Learning Placemats, originally uploaded by machaggis. Our friends got these placemats from the legendary Archie McPhee’s so that you can swot on the periodic table, the Hebrew Alphabet and Great African Americans (amongst others) while you eat. It’s a great idea – although I only scored 11 out of 45 for Great […]

The depths some eBay traders will go to – selling Blue Peter badges (I’m unsure if they’re real or fake) so that you can get free entry into kids things. They were busted by the Edinburgh Zoo. Read more here.

V for Vendetta, 4/5. Caught this movie during the week and really liked it. Natalie Portman is excellent, and “V” is suitably freaky with his mask. I read the novel a long time ago, so I didn’t really notice anything too jarring about the screenplay (I think it changed from tyranny vs. anarchy to tyranny […]